# Incident 19970524026679I: Piper PA28R200, Riverside, CA, May 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1997, 00:30 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: Riverside Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9519° N, 117.4451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIVERSIDE (RAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9519&lon=-117.4451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70MH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70MH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,700 total, 100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970524026679I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 24, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 A.M. PDT, A PIPER PA-28R-200, PILOTED BY JOHN ADAIR, WAS TAXIING FROM THE ACTIVE RUNWAY TO PARKING AT RIVERSIDE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RUNWAY SIGN ALONG SIDE ONE OF THE TAXIWAYS. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE TAXIWAY LIGHTS WERE OUT OF SERVICE AND HAVE BEEN FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RUNWAY IDENTIFIER BOX WITHIN A FEW FEET OF WHERE ANOTHER AIRCRAFT HIT A BERM A FEW MONTHS BEFORE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAXI TO PARKING. THE AIRPORT MANAGER TOLD THE PILOT HE THOUGHT THIS PARTICULAR RUNWAY SIGN WAS ILLUMINATED, BUT THE PILOT REPORTED THE FOLLOWING NIGHT THAT NONE OF THE RUNWAY SIGN BOXES WERE LIT. THE TAXIWAY LIGHT OUTAGE HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE AIRPORT MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR AND THEY ARE AWAITING GRANT MONEY TO REWIRE THE TAXIWAY LIGHTS. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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